Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2021-10-28

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Oct 28
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
524 head
▲ 122 vs last sale 402▲ 108 vs year ago 416 · +26.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
94 head
▼ 70 vs last sale 164▼ 172 vs year ago 266 · −64.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 0▼ 7 vs year ago 17 · −41.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: The light test of comparable feeder steers and heifers traded with weak undertone. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls also traded weak.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $150.82/cwt on 250 head.
Average price
$150.82
250 head · 481 lb average
Value per head Derived
$725
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$66
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.49
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1473160.27758122
Medium and Large 1-2488141.80692128
One grade step is worth $18.47/cwt here — about $66 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale250 hd
150.82
—
UT average3 barns · 1,864 hd
152.31
−1.49
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,84768.841,2717thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38250.086923thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13545.3551537
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,21340.1248710

Every lot

42 lots · USDA AMS · Cedar Livestock Auction - Cedar, UT
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2275152.00/cwt152.00–152.004185
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2330155.58/cwt144.00–166.0051314
Steers—Medium and Large 1335175.89/cwt170.00–177.005896
Steers—Medium and Large 1379171.42/cwt171.00–173.0065020
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2418145.40/cwt138.50–155.0060847
Steers—Medium and Large 1430167.72/cwt164.00–174.0072129
Steers—Medium and Large 1450171.00/cwt171.00–171.007703
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2464150.97/cwt142.00–154.007018
Steers—Medium and Large 1518152.71/cwt151.00–155.0079146
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526146.09/cwt141.00–149.0076824
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2564128.31/cwt127.00–128.507248
Steers—Medium and Large 1567152.00/cwt152.00–152.0086214
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627131.50/cwt127.00–133.008257
Steers—Medium and Large 1635135.00/cwt135.00–135.008574
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2682125.50/cwt125.50–125.508563
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2795111.78/cwt111.50–115.0088912
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2274132.87/cwt130.00–146.003646
Heifers—Medium and Large 1313156.70/cwt152.00–158.004905
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2315145.00/cwt145.00–145.0045711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1351151.00/cwt151.00–151.005304
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2367135.32/cwt120.00–139.004979
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2426133.30/cwt121.00–136.0056814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429139.00/cwt139.00–139.005966
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2462125.48/cwt116.00–134.0058025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485139.34/cwt135.00–148.0067634
Heifers—Medium and Large 1506135.75/cwt135.75–135.7568712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2519127.47/cwt126.00–129.0066210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574119.86/cwt115.00–122.006885
Heifers—Medium and Large 1632127.00/cwt127.00–127.008032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2632119.00/cwt119.00–119.007528
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2684116.00/cwt116.00–116.007934
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,84768.84/cwt66.00–73.501,2717
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11341.58/cwt40.50–42.004634
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13151.60/cwt49.00–54.005845
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13944.77/cwt43.00–48.5051028
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21340.12/cwt34.00–44.5048710
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38250.08/cwt48.50–52.006923
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,383881.03/cwt850.00–910.0012,1852
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,250725.00/cwt725.00–725.009,0631
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2875750.00/cwt750.00–750.006,5631
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2946863.75/cwt675.00–1,035.008,1712
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2992775.00/cwt775.00–775.007,6882

This sale against other markets

Utah weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Utah auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.